I have to admit I never paid much attention to the April 2011 Bobsled service announcement since it looked like a way to just call Facebook friends and I thought it had limited functionality. T-Mobile just announced some major enhancements and advanced functionality so you can now call any mobile or landline number in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico for free from the Bobsled application loaded on your PC or Mac browser.
T-Mobile also released apps for Android and iOS that let you call or send a voice message to your Facebook friends. These mobile apps are free and do not support the same service functionality as you can get through your computer. Bobsled is a VoIP service and should not be used as a full phone replacement, but could save you quite a bit of money if you have an iOS or Android device.
Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since.
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Matthew Miller
Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases his own devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.
Biography
Matthew Miller
Matthew Miller started using a mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He is a co-host with GigaOM's Kevin Tofel on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and an author of three Wiley Companion series books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 125 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone operating systems. His current collection includes an HTC Radar 4G, Dell Venue Pro, Apple iPad 2, HTC Flyer, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nokia N9, Apple iPhone 4S, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".
